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Nokomis Bridge The Gap 2025

Illinois

Recapping the 2025 Bridge The Gap campaign

NOKOMIS -- The Nokomis Ministerial Alliance's Bridge The Gap campaign sought to renovate nine homes in its Extreme Makeover: Nokomis Edition project this year. The mission of the project: bringing physical restoration and emotional renewal to families in need. The project was an ambitious undertaking made possible by funds raised through dinners, a trivia night, and cash donations. The Ministerial Alliance, which oversees the annual campaign, sponsored the events where generosity and community spirit converged for a noble cause. The […]

todayJuly 23, 2025

extreme heat advisory

East Central Illinois Region

Heat Advisory extended to Thursday

A Heat Advisory currently in place has now been extended to Thursday evening. At 1:06 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service announced an extension to the current Heat Advisory, which was initially to expire at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Other areas received an extension to the advisory yesterday evening. The amended Heat Advisory is now set to expire at 9 p.m. on Thursday. For more information stated in the original story, click here.

todayJune 23, 2025 21 19

extreme heat advisory

Capital Area Region

Extreme heat expected through Tuesday

The Bi-State region will be experiencing humid conditions and scorching extreme heat this weekend through early next week. The majority of the region is under a Heat Advisory starting at noon local time on Saturday and currently set to expire Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. According to the National Weather Service offices in Lincoln, St. Louis, and Paducah, heat indices could get as high as 106. The exception lies in Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois and […]

todayJune 21, 2025 22 20

gas fuel prices Illinois Missouri

Illinois

Illinois motor fuel tax to rise July 1

SPRINGFIELD -- In just over two weeks, Illinois motorists may notice yet another increase in prices at the pump. The state's annual adjustment to the motor fuel tax will go into effect on July 1. The enacted increases for Fiscal Year 2026, which is part of a broader infrastructure funding strategy, will impact both gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as alternative fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and compressed natural gas. The state gas tax will […]

todayJune 14, 2025

Windsor Stewardson-Strasburg IHSA Bass Fishing Final 2025

East Central Illinois Region

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg win 2025 bass final

SHELBYVILLE -- A Shelby County co-op team took home championship gold last weekend at the 2025 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Bass Fishing State Final at Lake Shelbyville. The sports co-op of Windsor High School and Stewardson-Strasburg High School won the state title with Myles Verdeyen, Hayden Porter, and Heath Westendorf fishing last Friday and Saturday. The team caught five fish weighing ten pounds, six ounces on Friday and five fish on Saturday weighing 14 pounds, eight ounces to edge […]

todayJune 14, 2025

Kentucky

Illinois

University of Kentucky announces Spring ’25 Dean’s List

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The University of Kentucky's Office of the Provost recently announced that 9,708 students received Dean's List honors for the Spring 2025 semester. Within our news coverage area, 99 students based in central and southern Illinois and 37 students based in eastern Missouri were named to the list. Those honorees are as follows, starting with Illinois: Illinois Colby Wart, Mount Sterling Alayna Evans, Mahomet Emma Brunson, Champaign Aiden Cromwell, St. Joseph Peyton Withers, Taylorville Josie Lampe, Breese Hannah […]

todayJune 10, 2025

Illinois

Illinois

Illinois agency compromised in phishing campaign targeting employees

SPRINGFIELD -- An agency of the State of Illinois was the target of a phishing campaign earlier this year, according to a media release made available Friday. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) alerted the media of the incident, pursuant to required mandates set in the Illinois Personal Information Act (815 ILCS 530/12). HFS was made aware that a bad actor was conducting a phishing campaign to target HFS employees, attempting to gain access to their usernames […]

todayJune 9, 2025

Nokomis Summer Reading Program

Illinois

Summer reading program underway at Nokomis Public Library

NOKOMIS -- The Summer Reading Program is well underway at Nokomis Public Library, which recently kicked off its summer 2025 program. The 2025 theme for the program is called "Level Up at the Library". "Our Summer Reading Program is geared toward kids ages two through high school seniors," said Library Director Lisa Casterline. "We like to offer events that the entire family can enjoy." From science and learning-themes events to events featuring live animals, the program always strives to keep […]

todayJune 9, 2025

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